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Originally Posted by HighLifeMan
Huh?
We replaced Toffoli, Lucic, Lewis and Stone with far younger, faster, better skating pieces.
Outside of Huberdeau, who's a below average skater in that forward group? I am not seeing it.
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Ruzicka isn’t fast. Mangiapane almost never beats anyone outside.
Backlund, Coleman, and Lindholm can all skate, but they aren’t explosive fast.
Dube can put guys on his heels, occasionally.
Coronato and Sharangovich, I need to see more of.
They’ve never been a particularly fast team, even when they’re good - so I’m glad they’re taking steps to address it.
They were one of the slowest teams in the league last year, and I just don’t think they did so much that it’s no longer a weakness.